John Mather

BURIAL - John Mather (1821-1892)

John was born in 1822 in Manchester and his baptism took place on June 22nd, 1823 at Manchester Cathedral.^1 2 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 40 in 1861, born Manchester
  Aged 71 when buried Feb 92
  
  Name:    John Mather
  Baptism Date:    22 Jun 1823
  Parish:    Manchester , St Mary, St Denys and St George
  Father's name:    John Mather
  Mother's name:    Ann Mather
  Archive Roll:    758
  
  Abode: Manchester, Machine Maker

John's father was John (Mechanic) Mather and his mother was Ann Thompson. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Joseph, John, Thomas, Jane, Martha and Ellen. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Thomas, Betty and Sarah.  He died at the age of 70 in February 1892.  He was buried on February 10th, 1892 at the Cheetham Hill.³ 

• Death Notes

  John Mather Jnr, his 1st wife Eliza Jackson Smith Mather and 2nd wife Margaret Hughes Mather are all buried in Cheetham Hill Cemetery, with John’s mother Ann Thompson Mather and brother Thomas Mather’s 1st wife Ellen McCardle Mather.
  
  Grave 6096 Prog. No. 25.469, John Mather, 500 Mill St. Bradford, Manchester, 71 years, Inflammation of the lungs, buried 10 February 1892, Thomas Mather, Grave Owner

• General Notes

  On 31 Dec 1848, John Mather (a labourer) son of John the Mechanic married widow Eliza Smith (nee Jackson). They were both 21 (or over). Thomas and Sarah Ann Adams (his half-sister) were witness.
  
  On 13 May 1849, another John Mather, an engineer married Eliza Dennet at Farnworth, Prescot with witness Charles Mather. His father was also John, an engineer. It cant be the same John and John is buried with both his wives and was married in 1849.
  
  In 1851, John (33 but should be 28) may have been working as a waiter in a Pub in Deansgate, Manchester.
  
  In 1861, John and Eliza were both 40. John a Waste Dealer, living at 1 Peel St, Ancoats, Manchester. No children present.
  
  In 1871, John and Eliza still had no children, and were now living in Coventry, Warickshire.
  
  In 1877, Eliza Jackson Mather died, so in 1881 John is a lodger, widower in Manchester.  The following year he remarried.
  
  In 1882, John married Margaret Hughes.
  
  In 1891 Census John and Margaret are married and in Bradford, Prestwich. John Mather died 1892 Prestwich, age 71 and Margaret Hughes Mather died 1896, age 70. 

Details of John's family with Eliza Smith (nee Jackson)

Details of John's family with Margaret Hughes